Source: Heritage Foundation calculations using data from the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Productivity and Costs,” http://www.bls.gov/lpc/data.htm (accessed June 15, 2013); and Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Establishment Survey/Haver Analytics. Hourly wages are from the Current Establishment Survey and are defined as the average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on nonfarm businesses.

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